Lots of news

I have to apologize for taking so long to make any holiday announcements. If you haven’t heard, I’m expecting again and the last two months I was very sick and got really behind with work. I have to give extra special thanks to all my clients during that time who have been so patient and understanding. All paid orders have been placed (just waiting for a bunch of huge boxes to be delivered to me) and I am almost completely caught up now. Only two more sessions that still need to be proofed and posted and I will be ahead of the game again. Now for the news…

The holiday portrait season seems to be in full swing! The month of October is fully booked, and I have a limited number of sessions still available in November. If you would like portraits done in time for the holidays, please contact me soon.

Once I have finished the last of the studio sessions on my calendar, I will no longer be offering studio sessions in my home, and will be 100% outdoors/on-location for an undetermined length of time. With our family growing again we need to take this time to finally finish the lower level and use it for living space. I have portable studio equipment, so we can always set up in your home if you have a newborn, really young children, or if you would like a session and are concerned about the weather. Contact me and we can discuss our options. Remember, autumn is a fabulous time for outdoor sessions!! :)

I have received lots of inquiries about my holiday mini sessions. Normally I announce these much earlier, but as I said, I’ve been a little behind. :) I decided to do something a little differently this year. Instead of doing one or two full days of mini sessions, I will be offering one or two per day on various dates throughout the month of November. Contact me if you would like a complete listing of mini session dates and times. (Full sessions are available as well). Those booking a holiday mini session will have their choice of the following collections (remember, there is no additional session fee):

Sugar Plums~$175
Session
1~8x10
2~5x7s
25 holiday cards

Candycanes~$250
session
1~8x10
4~5x7s
2 sets of eight wallets
50 holiday cards

Gingerbread~$350
Session
3~8x10s
6~5x7s
2 sets of eight wallets
50 holiday cards
Mini brag album

Details:
~Mini sessions will last 15-20 minutes
~3-5 proofs presented in an online gallery
~One outfit only
~One grouping (just family or just individual shots of one child)
~If you want individual photographs of more than one child, please book more than one session.
~Up to five people (each additional person add $25)


Last, but not least, I would like to present to you a new pricing structure featuring exclusively digital collections which will be available for a limited time for all sessions beginning in November. (Regular print and print packages will still be available as well). I have been brainstorming for weeks now on how I can simplify things so that I can go to bed at a reasonable hour every night. Since I have been getting more and more requests for digital negatives, I thought this might be the perfect solution. There will be three options. The best part-the session fee is included in each collection price! There are no additional costs, other than tax of course. Each collection comes with a CD containing your digital negatives and one printed 5x7 proof of each image on your CD in a portrait box. Images are artist’s choice, so in other words you get all of the images that would normally be in your ordering gallery. How easy is this? We hold your session, I proof your images, burn a CD, box up your proofs and everything is shipped right to your door! I’ll even include special instructions with your order to ensure you get beautiful, high quality prints of your session images. Email me if you would like to receive a more detailed information sheet with everything you need to know about these sessions including restrictions and recommendations. So, without further to-do, here are your new digital session options:

The Mini Digital~$500
20-30 minute session for up to four people
10 printed 5x7s (one of each proof)
10 digital negatives on CD

The Standard Digital~$700
1-2 hour session for up to five people
20 printed 5x7s (one of each proof)
20 digital negatives on CD

The Deluxe Digital~ $1100
1-3 hour session for up to five people
40 printed 5x7s (one of each proof) in a portrait box or album (your choice)
40 digital negatives on CD

EXTRAS which may be added to the collections above:
~each additional person $25
~birth announcement or holiday card design (file included) $50
~collage/storyboard design and file $75
~of course you may still add prints, cards or canvases from our a la carte price list if you would like

Phew! I think that’s about it. My hands are tired from all that typing. :) I hope you all have had a wonderful summer! Best wishes for a wonderful autumn!

Simply Stunning

I don't have to ooh and ahh over how gorgeous this senior was. I'm sure your vision is just fine, so I'll just let you look for yourself. :)

I thoroughly enjoyed this session and was so happy to finally get to meet this senior! ;) I'm working on getting your gallery up now, so I'll have it ready for you soon! Thanks for being so patient!

One last session in Maryland

So I get a call from one of my favorite clients looking for a family session at the beach. Of course I jump at the chance. Then she gives me the news. They have put their house up for sale and will be moving soon. :( So sad for me, but happy for them as they are obviously excited about the new adventure. So no pressure here or anything. They just want some special photos to remember their time here in Maryland. ;) Luckily for me they are some of the easiest people in the world to photograph. They are so great, so much fun and just completely gorgeous. My biggest problem with them is narrowing down the number of proofs I have to show them to a reasonable number.

Anyway, here is a little sneak peek for them. We waited what seemed like forever for the sunset this night. It was so pretty though. A little Southern Maryland sunset with the Solomon's bridge there in the background.

Their gorgeous little girl. I am convinced that this child can not take a bad picture.

Their little prince. Not sure if you can see the sand all over his face, but he was really "getting in to" this whole beach photo session thing. :)

And finally...I can't take credit for this idea. I've done variations during senior sessions and engagement sessions on the beach, but never thought to do it with a family. Can I just say that I LOVE IT!!

I'll have the rest of these up for you guys soon!!

Summer Fun

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!! We almost put the kids to bed last night assuming that the fireworks had been cancelled due to the storm. We heard a couple of fireworks go off in the distance, so we jumped in the car with the kids and raced over to Solomons. I wish I had some photos to share of the show, but in our rush to get out the door I left my camera. :( Oh well! Maybe next year!

I still have a couple of clients still patiently waiting to see their photos that I took before I left for vacation. If you are waiting, I am here to let you know that I am almost caught up and they will be ready for you shortly! Here are a couple from a session I am currently working on posting. I had to share this gorgeous little princess...

holding Daddy's hand...awww...

and one of her brother and the crab he found on the beach.

He was definitely more interested in all the beach critters than he was in having his photo taken. :) Hey, who wouldn't be?!?!

I'm off to get a little more work in before naptime is over. I'll have tons of stuff to share in the coming days, including another mini session announcement. Don't miss it!

A session for me!

I am working on a special project, and I was fortunate enough to find a willing, beautiful, pregnant woman who was up for anything I suggested. I think I need to do sessions for me more often. It took me a few minutes to catch my groove since it was a bit overwhelming having all of this freedom. :) Once I found it, it was so much fun! I think from now on, when I have a crazy idea that I would like to try, I'll make a post here looking for a model. I realized after this session that I've gotten too caught up lately in the business of photography and have neglected to feed my love of photography. Thanks so much to this mama-to-be for being so great and for never once looking at me like I was nuts as we hiked through the knee-high weeds with grasshoppers hopping in every direction!! I happen to think it was oh-so worth it! Hope you do too after you see these...

She had such a perfect belly!! It's hard to believe she is just days from her due date!

And my favorite...

A special thanks also to Jen for helping me set this up!! :)

Happy 1st Birthday Sweet Girl

This little lady was featured here on my blog last Mother's Day. You can find the post here. Now she is a little one year old heartbreaker with the biggest, bluest eyes you've ever seen. Happy Birthday sweet girl!! kiss kiss!!

See what I mean???

I just love the little attitude here. :)

And here are her twin cousins on the beach. Unfortunately I didn't get as many shots of them as I would have liked. M & E, next time you are down with the girls visiting, let me know and we'll set something up. I do love this shot though... You'd never know how freezing cold that water was looking at them here. :)

Thanks for such a fun evening!!